She's intense

Her eyes look into you, through you. I feel like she knows me, and she's only 4 months old. She has an old soul. And she takes my breath away.

 

Ms. Thing

Holds her own bottle, thankyouverymuch.

 

Why photographs are so important to me

I've been reflective lately about a lot of things, one of which is my passion for photography and for documenting the stages of my kids' lives in close detail. I'm realizing that it's at least in part a function of the fact that so few photographs exist of my own family. Of course photography in those days was very different - more cumbersome, more expensive; digital technology allows us the freedom of image disposability. One could also argue that because I have so few photographs of my family, I treasure them more. But I want my kids to have pseudo-photojournalistic access to their lives.

Sometimes I think about photographs I wish I could go back in time and take myself. I would love to have a photograph of my parents together when they were young. I don't have a single one! And so I make sure there are pictures of just Dave and me, because I know that one day these shots will be treasures for Nick and Zoe.

 

Happy 4th month, Zoe!

Finding your thumb has been a full-time job this month ...

 

How I love that they love each other!

 

And the final favorite from today

More hamming it up! Nick sure does love to have his picture taken!

 

And another favorite from today

He's quite a ham.

 

Just the three of us ...

 

Her 1st 4th!

 

 

 

Ain't she sweet?

This is my favorite photo of the week so far. Isn't she cute? She doesn't look a thing like I imagined she would (neither of my kids look much like me IMO, and to be honest I kinda hoped my daughter would ...) but she's a beauty. When she's not crying.